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Cherry Studio vs invisible_dots
Cherry Studio has 52,539 GitHub stars, 5,063 forks, 1,514 open issues and last shipped yesterday. invisible_dots has 31,957 stars, 4,711 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Cherry Studio leads on adoption by 64% (52,539 vs 31,957 stars). Cherry Studio is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; invisible_dots is written in TypeScript under MIT. Cherry Studio has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, invisible_dots 15%. Cherry Studio was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (agent-skills, ai-agent), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Cherry Studio | invisible_dots | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 53K | ★ 32K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.1K | ⑂ 4.7K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Cherry Studio if
- You weight community size — 53K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick invisible_dots if
- You want the invisible_dots feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and invisible_dots fits your workflow better
About Cherry Studio
Cherry Studio is a cross platform desktop application for interacting with large language models, built in TypeScript under the AGPL 3.0 license. It operates in the AI interaction and interfaces ecosystem, providing a unified interface to access cloud hosted models (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic), web services (Claude, Poe, Perplexity), and locally hosted models via Ollama or LM Studio.
read the full Cherry Studio overview →
About invisible_dots
invisible dots is an open source, self hosted alternative to OpenAI Dots and Grok Bot that gives you your own AI agent running on a private, hardware virtualised computer with an anti detect browser.
read the full invisible_dots overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cherry Studio or invisible_dots more popular?
Cherry Studio has 52,539 GitHub stars and invisible_dots has 31,957. Cherry Studio has the larger community by that measure.
Are Cherry Studio and invisible_dots free?
Both are open source. Cherry Studio is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and invisible_dots under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Cherry Studio and invisible_dots?
Cherry Studio is written in TypeScript and invisible_dots in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Cherry Studio or invisible_dots?
Choose Cherry Studio if you want the larger community (52,539 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose invisible_dots if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.